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Iran has boosted uranium enrichment capacity, report says
WASHINGTON -- Iran further increased its uranium enrichment capacity in the last three months, yet it also limited its progress in certain sensitive areas of its disputed nuclear program in an apparent attempt to avoid risking retaliation from Israel or...
Tags: Politics, Nuclear Weapons, Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Policy
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Crime, Law and Justice, Iran, Justice System
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: Politics, Iran, Foreign Aid, Susan Collins, Petroleum Industry
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Options for action in Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's total impotence. Despite nearly...
Tags: Politics, Iran, Personal Weapon Control, Bashar Assad, Armed Forces
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Iranian presidential candidates register for June election
TEHRAN — Iranian presidential candidates began registering Tuesday for the national election next month to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although there has been considerable political suspense over who will run, voter enthusiasm has...
Tags: Politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Elections, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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U.S. slaps sanctions on Iranian businessman, companies
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department slapped sanctions Thursday on an Iranian businessman and a network of banks and companies dealing with Tehran amid an international stalemate over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The move targeted...
Tags: Kazakhstan, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iran, Tehran (Iran), Turkey
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Iran points at Syrian rebels in warning about chemical weapons
Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...
Tags: White House, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Bashar Assad, Tehran (Iran)
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Intrigue swirls as Iran prepares to choose next president
TEHRAN — The reform movement that took to the streets to protest alleged vote-rigging in Iran's last presidential election has been crushed. The supreme leader has made it clear that such behavior will not be tolerated this time. But that doesn'...
Tags: Politics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Arab Spring, Human Interest
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Letters: Nukes and Iran's leaders
Re "Nuclear talks with Iran stall," April 7 In Iran, the nuclear program has long been a point of consensus across the country's political spectrum, among both hard-liners and moderates. Being a nuclear power is a matter of survival for the ruling...Tags: Iran
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Secretary of State John Kerry urges against new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry implored Congress on Thursday not to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, warning that such a move could disrupt diplomacy over Tehran's disputed nuclear program at a delicate moment. Appearing before...
Tags: Politics, Iran, Tehran (Iran), Nuclear Policy, Israel
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Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat
BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...
Tags: Politics, Beijing (China), Crime, Law and Justice, North Korea, Kim Jong Il
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McManus: Gridlock, Tehran-style
With the United States locked in confrontation with Iran, was it good or bad for diplomacy that "Argo," a movie about U.S. spies getting the best of the Iranians, won this year's Academy Award for best picture? Depends on whom you ask. To Iran's...
Tags: Argo (movie), Politics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Tehran (Iran)
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